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Comment on this story Comment Herschel Walker’s loss in a pivotal Georgia Senate race Tuesday has renewed Republican calls to break with former president Donald Trump and rethink the party’s strategy ahead of 2024, as lawmakers and operatives reckoned with the final blow in a profoundly disappointing midterm cycle. The recriminations were swift as Republicans …

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With iOS 16.2 release candidate released today, Apple added the new Apple Music Sing feature that was announced earlier this week. We thought we’d check out the new Karaoke feature to see how it works. ‌Apple Music‌ Sing is available on modern iPhones and iPads, as well as newer ones AppleTV 4K. It is integrated …

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Comment this story Comment An organization leading the Covax initiative to provide the world with doses of coronavirus vaccine is considering whether to end the project. It’s a move that would change the way global health institutions approach covid-19, experts say, treating it as a routine disease rather than a public health emergency. At a …

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Graduates line up before the start of a community college commencement in East Rutherford, N.J., in 2018. (Seth Wenig/AP File) President Biden’s student loan debt relief plan is on hold for now, leaving millions of Americans who are eligible for relief in limbo. “Forty-five million [Americans] owe a collective $1.7 trillion of federal loan debt,” …

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Apple’s next iOS update will make AirDrop more secure for everyone. The new defaults will arrive globally in the upcoming iOS 16.2 after the company limited use of AirDrop in Chinawhere protesters had used the feature to organize with strangers. The restriction will put a 10-minute cap on the window allowing users to share AirDrop …

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For the latest news and information on the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. More than half – about 63% – of COVID-19 cases in the United States are now caused by the BQ.1 or BQ.1.1 variants, according to the latest estimate from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Both …

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Photo illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the former president and chief operating officer of failed blood-testing company Theranos, on Wednesday was sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison, plus three years of probation. Driving the news: Balwani’s sentencing comes less than three weeks after his former boss and …

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Enlarge / Fire TV on Amazon Echo Show 15. Amazon Amazon’s versatile Echo Show 15 smart display now has a more mainstream purpose: streaming TV and movies. Amazon today rolled out a free software update that grants the Echo Show 15 Fire TV capabilities, and newly purchased devices will be able to stream content from …

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Comment on this story Comment The Biden administration fumed Wednesday at the near-certainty that Congress will strip away the Defense Department’s requirement that all military personnel be vaccinated against the coronavirus, upending a politically divisive policy that has led to the dismissal of nearly 8,500 service members and numerous lawsuits disputing its fairness. The agreement, …

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SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher doubles down on concerns about Hollywood’s Covid-19 vaccination mandate, saying “help is on the way!” for those who refuse to be vaccinated for work due to their religious beliefs or pre-existing health conditions. “I continue to fight on behalf of our members who feel discriminated against because of unvaccinated or unboosted …

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